Anvil.



No. 667,593. ,Patented Feb. 5, 190|.

- N. H; SNYDER.

A N V l L.

(Application med .my so, 1960.)

(No Model.)

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,ATENT ANVIL.

SPEGIFGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,593, dated February5, 1901.

Application filed July 30, 1900.

To [all wwwt t muy concern.-

e it known that I, NELSON HOWARD SNY- DER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Newton, in the county of Sussex and State ofNew Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Anvil, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide an anvil especially adaptedfor horseshoers or blacksmiths and so made that all horseshoe constructiou and the ordinary work of a blacksmith may be successfully donewithout necessitating the operator to be constantly moving to or fromthe ends of the anvil, and, further, to so construct the anvil that.extended bearing-surfaces are provided flush with the upper face of thebody of the anvil, which extended bearing-surfaces are especially usefulwhen working upon aXles and when forming the toe and side clips ofhorseshoes.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,

` A and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding partsin both figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improved anvil, and Fig. 2 is aplan view of the same.

The bed A of the anvil is preferably made longer than ordinarily, andthe horn 10 is given an outward curve or stands at an inclination to thebody of the anvil instead of parallel therewith, as is customary, andthis inclination is given to the horn 10 in order that the horn shallnot interfere with the use of tongs or other implements or with themetal being treated when said metal is being operated upon on a wing 11,which wing extends at a right angle from the front side of the anvil.The upper face of the Wing 11 is flush with the bed of said anvil, as isshown in Fig. 1, and most of the work incident to horseshoeing andblacksmithing may be performed upon this wing 11, which wing is providedwith an opening 12 for the hardy usually employed for cutting iron andwith an opening 13, adapted to receive a punching-tool, which openingmay also be utilized for threading bolts. These two openings 12 and 13are Serial No. 25,308. (No model.)

duplicated at the right-hand end of the bed of the anvil, where they areshown designated as 12 .and 13, so that the majority of the work thatformerly had to be performed at the end of an anvil under thisconstruction may be executed at the center and wing l1. The sidesurfaces of the wing are straight, as well as the front side surface ofthe body of the anvil, so that where the sides of the wing connect withthe front side of the body of the anvil a perfect right angle isobtained, and these portions of the anvil may be utilized in the samemanner as a two-armed square. The wing 11 is also adapted for use inmaking toecalks for horseshoes, as the calks may be formed over the sideedges of the wing instead of at the right-hand end of the anvil, as hasbeen the practice heretofore.

At the left of the wing 11 and between said wing and the horn 10 aseries of grooves is formed in the bed of the anvil. These grooves,three of which are shown and designated as 14, 15,and 16, are graduatedeither in length or width, or in both, and these grooves 14, 15, and 16are angular or V-shaped in cross-section and extend to and through thefront side Wall of the anvil. These grooves 14, 15, and 16 are adaptedto receive steel calks when the said calks have been temporarilyattached to a hot shoe and enable the calks to be welded to the shoeWithout interfering with the sharpness or original shape shape of thecalks.

At the rear of the grooves 14, 15, and 16 and at the left of the Wing 11a rear extension 17 is formed from the bed A of the anvil, the upperface of this extension being flush with the upper face of the anvil-bedA and the upper face of the wing 11, and this projection 17 ispreferably located quite close to the horn 10. The projection 17, whichis practically. a small table, is utilized for forming the toe and sideclips on horseshoes, for which purpose the side edges of the bed havebeen heretofore employed. At the righthand side of the wing 11 anothergroove 18 is formed transversely in the bed A, and this latter groovealso extends out to the front side edge of the anvil. The groove 18 issemicircular or rounded in cross-section or is made more or less oval incrossJsection and rounded at its inner end. This groove 18 is IOOemployed to receive a punch adapted for turning a shoe, and thereforethe operator does not have to carry the shoe to the end of the anvil toturn it, as has been the practice. The groove 1S is also available forforming the body portions of boltsand the like.

The wing l1 in addition to its other functions is particularlyserviceable when an axle is to be treated, since it enables the operatorto provide a long bearingf or the axle, and the operator may manipulatethe aXle to much greater advantage than when placed across the narrowtransverse surface of an anvil-bed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. An anvil, having a Wing extending from one sidesurface at a right angle to the said surface, the u pper face of theWing being Iiush with the bed or upper face of the body of the anvil,and a projection extending from the opposite face of the bed or uppersurface of the body of the anvil ush therewith and at one side of saidwing.

2. An anvil having a wing extending from one side surface at a rightangle to the said surface, the upper face of the wing being fiush withthe bed or upper face of the body of the anvil, a second projectionextending from the opposite face of the bed or upper surface of the bodyof the anvil fiush therewith and at one side of the said wing, and ahorn which is curved in a direction away from the said wing, asspecilied.

3. An anvil, a wing extending at a right angle from one side face of theanvil, the up per surface of the wing being flush with the bed or uppersurface of the body of the anvil, the said anvil being also providedwith a projection from the side opposite that at which the wing islocated and to the left of the said wing, a horn which is curved in adirection away from said wing, the bed of the anvil being provided atthe left-hand side of the wing with series of transverse grooves adaptedto receive metal calks, to facilitate Welding said ealks to a shoe, thebed of the anvil being further provided at the righthand side of thewing with a transverse groove, transversely seinicircular or oval, allof the grooves extending out tothe side of the anvil at which the wingris located, for the .purpose described.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

NELSON HOWARD' SNYDER.

fitnessesz LEVI H. MORRIS, VERANUS M. RUNDLE.

